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Jul 1 PRODUCT REVIEW: CLINIQUE FRESH PRESSED DAILY BOOSTER WITH PURE VITAMIN C 10% – BEST BRIGHTENING SERUM FOR FACE

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CLINIQUE | FRESH PRESSED DAILY BOOSTER WITH PURE VITAMIN C 10%

This review was originally part of my blog article titled, “The Year’s Best Vitamin C Serums with The Ordinary, Clinique, Beauty Stat & More!” You can still catch the full piece here.

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I love anything that’s freshly activated. I live down the block from a pizzeria. Five minutes out of the oven and that pizza is at my door. That’s fresh!

Freshness is particularly important with an ingredient like Vitamin C — due, of course, to its instability in the presence of light, air, and a multitude of other ingredients used in skin care.

And, that’s precisely the wisdom behind using a separate Vitamin C serum in your skincare routine, rather than relying on the efficacy, potency and stability of the Vitamin C found in a more complex daily moisturizer.

I’ve been a fan of the Clinique Fresh Pressed Daily Booster with Pure Vitamin C 10% for the better part of a year now. It’s simply an excellent source of Vitamin C for your skin.

Clinique wisely packages Fresh Pressed in a set of four to assure fresh activation, potency and stability. I find that I can go through about one a week — so it’s safe to say that four of them is at least a one-month supply. You may find it lasts longer as I tend to get carried away.

What does Vitamin C do for skin?

There’s an excellent article on the remarkable benefits of Vitamin C for the skin from the experts on the Paula’s Choice Research Team titled, What is Vitamin C and How Does it Benefit Skin?

Vitamin C is one of the most exciting, research-proven ingredients you can apply to skin (1). This water-soluble antioxidant is a natural component of healthy skin. When we’re young, vitamin C levels in skin’s outermost two layers (epidermis and dermis) are abundant, but as we age, these levels naturally deplete. Unprotected sun exposure (UV damage) and pollution can accelerate this decline, leading to skin looking and feeling dull, uneven, and less firm than it once was (2).
Luckily, there are topical skin care solutions that can help mitigate this damage, so skin looks and feels healthier and younger longer.
Vitamin C Benefits for Skin
Vitamin C’s benefits for skin are vast, including its ability to even out skin tone and diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles (3). While this powerhouse ingredient is well-known for its skin-brightening benefits, research also shows it can shield skin from the visible impacts of environmental stressors, including free radical damage (4). This synergy of mitigating problems both before and after they occur makes vitamin C a force to be reckoned with.

Each individual vial is activated by pressing one end to burst an inner sac. Doing so mixes pure Ascorbic Acid powder with a liquid activator. You know it’s potent because it can tingle a bit on application. It’s a good kind of tingling, sometimes even more of a warming sensation. It’s just enough to let you know it’s still potent, and will still work as expected. In the Fresh Pressed formula, Ascorbic Acid — the most potent form of Vitamin C — is the second ingredient.

As an added benefit, Clinique fortified Fresh Pressed with several non-fragrant plant oils to nourish, soothe and replenish skin. You get extra antioxidant protection from several beneficial plant extracts and perhaps some plumping from the addition of replenishing peptides. There’s even humectant Sodium Hyaluronate — the salt form of Hyaluronic Acid that’s actually most compatible with skin.

It’s a really well-rounded, well-formulated serum. Honestly, it’s the perfect boost for stepping up your game. With its super lightweight formula, Fresh Pressed is also really easy to layer.

Interestingly, it’s not as affordably priced as many Clinique staples — including the brand’s iconic “three-step” routine that includes a cleansing bar, moisturizer and exfoliating toner for just about $50. A four-pack, one month-supply of Fresh Pressed will set you back $76 — or you can try a one-week supply for just twenty-bucks. But hey, it’s reliable, effective and will stay potent long enough to use up.

And, you’ll get no surprises on those weekends away!

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